‘We plotted out the whole of series four and five’: Steven Moffat confirms two more seasons of Sherlock

Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss have confirmed there will be two more series of the detective drama (Picture: Robert Viglasky)

Sherlock fans needn’t worry when the third series comes to its conclusion on Sunday night as a fourth and fifth series have already been planned out – and they promise to be the best ones yet.

Show creators Steven Moffatt and Mark Gatiss aren’t stopping at series three and have confirmed there will be two more series of the detective drama for fans to get their teeth into.

Speaking at the Bafta screening of the third and final episode of series three on Wednesday night, Moffat broke the welcome news, saying: ‘Rather excitingly, Mark and I, for no particular reason, we just got out of the rain and sat at the top of the [Sherlock] production bus… and we just started plotting out what we could do in the future,

‘And we plotted out the whole of series four and five.’

Teasing what could be in store for detective Sherlock and Dr Watson, he added: ‘So we have got plans – but our plans don’t tend to be ‘Let’s blow up the world or cast the most famous person in the world’ they tend to be “What exciting twists and turns can we add to this?” And I think we’ve got some crackers!